Dress in Goodness

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,

My soul shall be joyful in my God;

For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,

He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.

Isaiah 61:10

At the cross Christ wrapped himself around us and felt the full force of the fall. He took the unrelaxed punishment of the guilty. He died, not like a sinner, but as a sinner-in our place. He sacrifice is a sufficient one. Our merits don’t enhance it. Our stumbles don’t diminish it. The sacrifice of Christ is total und unceasing and accomplished work.

     “It is finished,” Jesus announced. His prayer of abandonment is followed by cry of accomplishment. Not “It is begun” or “It is initiated” or “It is a work in progress.” No, “It is finished.”

     Does better new exist? actually, yes. There is more. He is “our righteousness”

     God does not simply remove our failures; he dresses us in the goodness of Christ! “For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ”

     Now that’s a wardrobe worth wearing.

Max Lucado のGod Is with You Every Dayより

今朝の過越の印と重なって聞こえるメッセージだった。

「わたしは主によって大いに楽しみ、わたしのたましいも、わたしの神によって喜ぶ。主はわたしに救いの衣を着せ、正義の外套をまとわせた。」
キリスト者を包む大変なブランドの外套です。
ロレックスもベンツもシャネルもくらべものにならない。
その値は世界中の0をかき集めても1着だって買えないほど。
 それはキリストの血による聖なる外套。
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